Egg Group: Difference between revisions

'''Egg groups''' determine which Pokémon are able to interbreed in [[Pokémon breeding]]. [[Pokémon]] were first able to breed in the [[Generation II|Second Generation]] games [[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]. Breeding allows Pokémon to pass down [[DVs]] and [[moves]] to their children. Moves usually are inherited from the male Pokémon, while the child takes on the form of the mother in her basic form. A baby would hatch out of an [[Pokémon egg|egg]] after a specified number of steps in the game and would always be at level five.

When breeding, one typically has a 50/50 chance of getting male or female Pokémon. If the Pokémon is a [[Starter Pokémon]], or any of a number of other types which have different gender ratios than 50-50, the results are skewed.  Some Pokémon are genderless; some species can be only male or only female. It's been mentioned on some web sites that there is a bug in the [[Generation III|Third Generation]] games which makes some {{p|Azurill}}s change gender when they evolve into {{p|Marill}}s. This is the result of the fact that the gender ratios are different.

Many Pokémon are included in two different egg groups and can form what are known as breeding chains.  These link many unrelated Pokémon together, allowing moves that would not normally be accessible to certain Pokémon to be legal, like Heal Bell on Blissey.

[[TM]]s are also passed down through breeding through male Pokémon. Doing this would cause the moves to appear in the Pokémon's moveset if said Pokémon can learn the move via TM or [[Egg Moves|Egg Move]].

{{p|Ditto}} can breed with any Pokémon except for [[Legendary Pokémon]] and [[Baby Pokémon]].

The following genderless Pokémon can only breed with Ditto:

This group is Group X.  The following Pokémon are incapable of breeding:

This group is Group 1.  Many [[Grass (type)|Grass-type]] Pokémon belong to this group:

This group is Group 2.  Many [[Bug (type)|Bug-type]] Pokémon belong in this group:

This group is Group 3.  This is the group to which most of the [[Flying (type)|Flying-type]] Pokémon belong:

This group is Group 4.  The humanoid Pokémon belong here, including many [[Fighting (type)|Fighting-type]] and [[Psychic (type)|Psychic-type]] Pokémon:

This group is Group 5.  [[Rock (type)|Rock-type]] Pokémon, [[Ground (type)|Ground-type]] Pokémon and a [[Steel (type)|Steel-type]] Pokémon belong in this group.

This group is Group 7.  [[Fire (type)|Fire-type]], [[Water (type)|Water-type]], [[Normal (type)|Normal-type]], [[Dark (type)|Dark-type]], [[Electric (type)|Electric-type]] and [[Ice (type)|Ice-type]] Pokémon belong to this group.

The presence of both Skitty and Wailord in this group has led to [[HSOWA]] gaining popularity in some sections of the fandom.

This group is Group 8.  This is the group to which most of the [[Water (type)|Water-type]] Pokémon belong:

This group is Group 9.  This is the group to which some [[Water (type)|Water-type]] Pokémon belong:

This group is Group 10.  This is the group to which some [[Water (type)|Water-type]] (and some non-water-type) Pokémon belong:

This group is Group 12.  These Pokémon are considered to be shaped like fairies, and as such are part of the Fairy breeding group. They are:

This group is Group 13.  [[Dragon (type)|Dragon-type]] Pokémon, along with those that resemble Dragons, are in this group.

=Special Notes=

Pichu will acquire {{m|Volt Tackle}} if the Pikachu or Raichu parent is holding a Light Ball, but only in [[Pokémon Emerald]].

Also only in Emerald, if the mother (or Ditto) is holding an Everstone, then the [[Natures|nature]] of either parent has a 50% chance of being passed down.